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The Founding of a Party, alternatively titled in English Beginning of the Great Revival for its international release, is a Chinese film released in 2011 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. The film is directed by Huang Jianxin and Han Sanping, both of whom also worked on the similar historical film, The Founding of a Republic, and features a star-studded cast of Chinese actors, including Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat. The film was created by the state-owned China Film Group and depicts the formation of the Chinese Communist Party, beginning with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 and ending with the Party's founding congress in 1921.
Original Release
06/15/2011
US Release
06/24/2011
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Woo | Lin Sen |
Chow Yun-Fat | Yuan Shikai |
Bingbing Fan | Empress Dowager Longyu |
Angelababy | Xiao Fengxian |
Andy Lau | Cai E |
Daniel Wu | Hu Shi |
Yang Yang | Yang Kaizhi |
Xun Zhou | Wang Huiwu |
Simon Yam | Zhang Jian |
Kun Chen | Zhou Enlai |
Directors
Jianxin Huang, Shaohong Li, Sanping Han
Writers
Jianxin Huang, Zhe Dong, Jung Li Guong
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Woo | Lin Sen |
Chow Yun-Fat | Yuan Shikai |
Bingbing Fan | Empress Dowager Longyu |
Angelababy | Xiao Fengxian |
Andy Lau | Cai E |
Daniel Wu | Hu Shi |
Yang Yang | Yang Kaizhi |
Xun Zhou | Wang Huiwu |
Simon Yam | Zhang Jian |
Kun Chen | Zhou Enlai |
Shengyi Huang | Female Soldier |
Leehom Wang | Lo Chia-lun / Luo Jialun |
Lan Qin | Su Xuelin |
Yuan Nie | Chen Qimei |
Qin Li | Yang Kaihui |
Tao Liu | Imperial Consort Jin / Concubine Jin |
Yiwei Zhou | Prince Chun |
Boran Jing | Xie Shaomin |
Yi Zhang | Zhou Fohai |
Ye Liu | Mao Zedong |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jeffrey Chan | Executive Producer |
Sanping Han | Executive Producer |
Albert Lee | Executive Producer |
Hongshi Lu | Executive Producer |
Albert Lee | Producer |